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I'm Stacey Vanek Smith.
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A few years ago, Lucy Sorezzo's life went through a huge upheaval.
Lucy is an accountant by training, lives in Annapolis, Maryland.
She's divorced with a couple of kids.
And just before COVID she had a stable job, a fancy car, and a big house right on the water.
But during the pandemic, everything changed.
I had the life, and then I lost it all.
I lost my job.
I didn't work for 18 months, and I moved out of my six bedroom on the water home, like, and I have two kids, and I wanted them to have a stable, like, consistent, safe space, so I sent them to stay with their dad.
I got sick when I lost my.
When I lost everything.
Like, I didn't get back up because I.
I had Covid and I had a nervous breakdown, and it took me 18 months to get back on my feet.
Eventually, Lucy was able to get back up.
She got her health back.
She found a place to live, a good job, and all she needed was a car to get her to and from work.
She got a very practical, reasonably priced car.
She thought everything was settled until she got the financing offer.